battle-scarred

Examples of scarred

scarred
The southerly hemisphere, being older, is much more impact scarred, and displays little evidence of geological activity.
She found a city still physically scarred by the war years, but vigorous in its selfrenewal.
This allusion marks the southern landscape as a place of intense beauty scarred by the presence of unacknowledged violence.
What would it say about social work practice in a society scarred by deepening inequalities and enduring poverty?
By 9 weeks of age the glomeruli are scarred as shown above.
The writing is readable and is not scarred by over-theorised academic language.
The leaflets are scarred, and contracted and there is loss ofvalvar tissue.
The inhabitants of a mythic medieval walled town in the mountains marvel at the "tender ways" and "patient eyes" of a scarred traveller who visits their market.
Most terrible, perhaps, is the way in which these narrators remain tragically scarred by an unceasing sense of captivity that remains even after their release from prison.
It is applicable in the female who is unfit for surgery or those cases with intrinsic sphincter deficiency due to a scarred urethra, and in the male for postprostatectomy incontinence.
This project, among other things, will result in the clearance of a substantial part of that unsightly dereliction with which the national park is scarred.
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